Lenauheim


Lenauheim is a commune in Timiș County, Banat, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Bulgăruș, Grabaț and Lenauheim.

Name

The name Lenauheim has been official since 1926. It was also called Cetad or Cetat in Romanian; Schadat, Schaddat, or Tschatad in German; and Csatád in Hungarian. Bulgăruș is called Bogarosch in German and Bogarós in Hungarian. The German name for Grabaț is Grabatz, while in Hungarian, it is Garabos.

History

The Lenauheim village was founded by German colonist in 1767. Originally called Csatád, in 1926 the village was renamed Lenauheim after the poet Nikolaus Lenau who was born here.

Demographics

In 1865 Lenauheim had around 3,200 inhabitants. In 1940 the figure was 2,400, of whom 95% were ethnic Germans. After the Second World War, the proportion of Germans fell to 50%. In 1992, out of 1,400 inhabitants there were 346 Germans; in 2006, only 59.

Twin towns